Thanks everyone for the good wishes. I had a horrible reaction to Valtrex. By the 3rd day I could hardly urinate (really painful having a full bladder that can't release--I'm sure MS patients with neurogenic bladders know about that!) and I felt like I was going to jump out of my skin. The doctor said stop taking it. After it got out of my system I could urinate again...yeah!! And then weirdly I wasn't depressed anymore (I think that is a side effect too).
But then the shingles started coming back. Ugh. So I had to call the doc on Sunday and was prescribed Famvir, another anti-viral. It's drying up the shingles like the Valtrex did and it is far more tolerable--vice grip headaches is the only real problem but I can tough that out for a week.
I get Tysabri in 2 weeks so I need to get this straightened out! The doc said it was likely stress that caused it. And there is a lot of that. My husband had emergency back surgery 3 weeks ago from a severe herniated disc and the pain is gone but he now has serious drop foot that may never go away. The doc just can't give an answer.
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His two teenagers moved in with us full time a few months ago because their mom basically abandoned them. So they are still damaged and depressed. And I had lots of big important work deadlines to meet this fall. So taa-daaaa! Shingles for the first time.